"It's happening instantaneously. It's happening now," he said. "It has to be peaceful - occasionally I get into all that violent s**t and the romanticisation of revolution because I hate the power structure, but that just wouldn't work.

"We need to make it sexy - make it fun, make it enjoyable, make it a part of your identity."

Elsewhere, the 38-year-old called for students to use their education "to bring about ideas that can benefit not just you but all of us".

Brand recently accused "dirty, posh w**kers" David Cameron and George Osborne of not caring about gay rights because "it's not part of their lives".

He said: "It's alright if you go to Eton and then you're in the House of Parliament. It's alright for them to say, 'Oh don't worry about gay rights, don't worry about poor people', because it's not part of their lives, but it's part of our lives."

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